A call for an international ban on asbestos

Public Health Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2-4, 2001, Pages 241-246

  LaDou, Joseph ^a   Landrigan, Philip ^a   Bailar III, John C ^a   Foa, Vito ^a   Frank, Arthur ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 0035760445     PISSN: 03010422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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